I’m talking like Ursula or the French spider from from James and the giant peach. Don’t give me some conventionally attractive humans (though humans are totally allowed) please.

Personally mine was Goldie from Rock-a-doodle. I probably watched that movie 100 times on VHS as a kid.

  • LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe
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    Because the patriarchy conditions men to be awful to women, and women to be nice to men. Women are more likely to develop resentment towards men and look elsewhere for their tastes.

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      I would argue instead that while patriarchy encourages people to overvalue oversexualized beauty in women, and does encourage men to be dipshits towards them, that would cause women to overvalue kindness and gentleness in their non threatening, masculine related fantasies. Maybe I’m overgeneralizing, but I am thinking of Bandit Heeler, or that fucking toothbrush